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Lady Killer
Original Title
Gueule d'amour- Director: Roy Del Ruth
- Writer: Rosalind Keating Shaffer; Ben Markson
CGiii Comment
'We'll run you in as a fag...that means 30 days in the tank...'
Who said that this vile little man - Cagney - could act?
A ridiculous story...a ridiculous film.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
When a movie theater usher is fired, he takes up with criminals and finds himself quite adept at various illegal activities. Eventually though, the police catch up with him, and he runs to hide out in Los Angeles. There he stumbles into the movie business and soon rises to stardom. He has gone straight, but his newfound success arouses the interest of his old criminal associates, who are not above blackmail...
Cast & Characters
James Cagney as Dan Quigley;
Mae Clarke as Myra Gale;
Margaret Lindsay as Lois Underwood;
Leslie Fenton as Duke;
Douglass Dumbrille as Spade Maddock;
Russell Hopton as Smiley;
Raymond Hatton as Pete;
Henry O'Neill as Ramick;
Robert Elliott as Detective Joe Brannigan;
Marjorie Gateson as Mrs. Marley;
Willard Robertson as Detective Conroy;
William B. Davidson as Director Williams;
Douglas Cosgrove as Detective Jones;
Lowden Adams as Lois' Butler;
Luis Alberni as Director